Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY 40505 Frost Dates
Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/13, roughly 228 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/28, roughly 196 days after the last spring frost.
Lexington-Fayette urban county sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 9 weeks until Lexington-Fayette urban county's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/13 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 03/30 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/01 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Lexington-Fayette urban county against the rest of the dataset
Lexington-Fayette urban county's growing season runs about 196 days, ranking 18,866 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 346 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40505's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Lexington-Fayette urban county's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Lexington-Fayette urban county can differ from the 40505 normal.